interposinge

Updated: May 16, 2025

But the Pope, fearinge that either the Kinge of Portingale mighte be reconciled to Columbus, or that he mighte be drawen into England, by interposinge of his usurped aucthoritie, thoughte secretly, by his unlawfull division, to defraude England and Portingale of that benefite.

Richard Hakluyt - The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of: the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II.